Mother got up furious (3)
I believe the answer is:
mad
'furious' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'mother got up' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'dam' (female parent of an animal).
'got up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'dam' backwards is 'MAD'.
(Other definitions for mad that I've seen before include "Idiotic" , "abandoned" , "lunatic" , "Crackers" , "like the March Hare" .)